Visit | Westminster Abbey
We’re open to visitors most days, but as Westminster Abbey is a living working church, we may need to close some areas off to the public at times and offer reduced opening hours. General opening times. Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm (last entry) Saturday: 9.00am - 3.00pm (last entry) Sunday: Open for services.
Prices & entry times - Westminster Abbey
Monday, 4th November 2024. Westminster Abbey General Admittance. 9.30am - 3.30pm. This includes the Cloisters, College Garden, Chapter House and the Pyx Chamber. Westminster Abbey Group Entry. 9.30am - 3.00pm. Group entry is not permitted between 12:00pm and 1:00pm. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 10.00am - 3.00pm.
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A royal church | Westminster Abbey
Oct 29, 2024 · An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated. Discover our history.
Architecture - Westminster Abbey
Corbel in the triforium known as "the crusty craftsman" The lantern and south transept. A spacious area between the high altar and the beginning of the quire was necessary to provide a 'theatre' where coronations could take place. The stonework (which came from Caen in France and Reigate in Surrey), the sculptured roof bosses and the other carvings would have been brightly coloured and the ...
History of Westminster Abbey
The RAF Chapel and Battle of Britain memorial window. Two centuries later a further addition was made to the Abbey when the western towers (left unfinished from medieval times) were completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.. Little remains of the original medieval stained glass, once one of the Abbey's chief glories.Some 13th century panels can be seen in the Queen's Diamond ...
History - Westminster Abbey
In monastic times, they were used to grow food and to provide a space for quiet meditation. One of the oldest surviving parts of Westminster Abbey, built around 1070. It still possesses many medieval features including tiles from the 11th century. Ten statues to 20th Century Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs, including Dr ...
Worship & music - Westminster Abbey
High Altar. marking All Souls' Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey. This service will be live-streamed. Duruflé Requiem. Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence. View Order of Service. Services are free of charge. Times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry.
Elizabeth I - Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of King Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn and was born at Greenwich on 7th September 1533. She succeeded her half-sister Mary I in 1558. Queen Elizabeth was the foundress of the present Collegiate Church of St Peter (the formal title for the Abbey) in 1560 (by charter of 21 May) and her long reign was one ...
Edward the Confessor and Edith - Westminster Abbey
Edward, called the Confessor, was born at Islip in Oxfordshire between 1002 and 1005, the son of King Ethelred 'the Unready' and Emma. Driven from England by the Danes, and spending his exile in Normandy, the story goes that Edward vowed that if he should return safely to his kingdom, he would make a pilgrimage to St Peter's, Rome.